Bessie
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812814061 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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For this new edition he includes more details of Bessie’s early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the original publication in 1971.. This booka revised and expanded edition of the classic biography of this extraordinary artistdebunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937.Chris Albertson writes with insight and candor about the singer’s personal life and her career, supplementing his historical research with dozens of interviews with her relatives, friends, and associates, in particular Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade. Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring
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"Bessie" by Chris Albertson presents the life and times of America's greatest blues singer within the context of the entertainment business as it existed during her lifetime. With access to new materials not available to other biographers, including the remarkable memories of Ruby Walker, who traveled for years with Bessie on the "Chitlin'" circuit, Albertson digs
"The first estimable full-length biography not only of Bessie Smith but of any black musician.”—Whitney Balliett, New Yorker (on the first edition)